Hallie rallies to promote chronic disease prevention
before Wednesday’s GOP presidential primary debate.
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As I’ve noted before, presidential campaigns create a nice opportunity to discuss a wide variety of issues. Many important causes, things that matter to ordinary people, get to compete for the attention of those who are involved– both candidates and the folks that watch the candidates. Oftentimes the purveyors of some particular cause get rather creative in their approach– I thought the Ostrich Girl promoting social security reform at a McCain event here in Gilford certainly worked well.
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This week at the Fox News/ GOP Debate, it was no different. While, amazingly, the issue of healthcare barely made an appearance at the GOP debate last night, despite Josiah Bartlett Center President Charlie Arlinghaus’s admonition in Tuesday’s New Hampshire Union Leader, that wasn’t the case several hours prior. As reported in Judy’s post on the debate festivities, she
participated with a group to bring awareness to the fight against chronic disease, which if you believe the banner behind the airplane flying over the Whittemore Center and I have no reason not to believe it, is the #1 killer in America. Since I have a chronic illness, I obviously have a personal interest in the cause to prevent and treat chronic disease.
Click here to watch a YouTube of what such a rally is all about. With the help of the UNH Cheerleading Squad, anyone passing by couldn’t help but to think about chronic disease.
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Beyond that, Gov. Mike Huckabee did talk health care in a post debate interview, as reported by Soren Dayton of EyeOn08 in a pair of Youtubes of him in the "spin room."
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